Not My Words: Actor Karthik Kumar Denies Making Casteist Remarks In Viral Audio Clip

Actor Karthik Kumar has been getting embroiled in controversy lately, one after another. The recent one being an audio recording that has gone viral. Karthik Kumar has denied that his voice is present in the audio and shared a post on Instagram. The audio of supposedly Karthik Kumar’s speech was tweeted, which caused huge controversy, as it was regarding casteism. Netizens demanded action against Karthik Kumar, claiming that it contained objectionable comments about caste. The audio was shared with a caption. “The police department should take action against the actor Karthik Kumar, who spoke rudely to the people of society.” The post was shared yesterday and is currently going viral.

Karthik Kumar clarified this in a video now and said that is not his voice. He shot the clip from inside a car and said, “That’s not my voice. Those are not my words. I don’t talk like that. I don’t have that vocabulary.” The clip is now going viral.

Earlier, Karthik Kumar’s ex-wife, Suchitra, claimed he was gay. Reacting to this, Karthik posted a video on Instagram confirming that he is not gay. Even though he did not identify his ex-wife, Karthik stated that if he was homosexual, he would not hide it. He also encouraged people to be proud of their sexuality.

“If I am a homosexual, no? I would not be ashamed to be homosexual. I would be very, very proud to be any kind of sexual in the gigantic and glorious spectrum of sexuality that exists out there. I would not be ashamed. I would be proud. I would attend a pride march in my city, which I will do anyway. People of all kinds of sexualities should attend the pride event and show their support. There is no shame anymore. There’s just pride. Be proud,” he said.

Karthik wrote, “Only love and support #pridemonth is June!” in the caption.

Karthik Kumar and Suchitra got married in 2005. The two split up in 2017.